Visit Fab Lab : You are welcome to visit Fab Lab with prior permission. We will able to show the facility and the on going project with you.

Fab Academy :

VA is center of Fab Academy. You can complete hands on training on digital fabrication and earn a diploma from Fab Academy. This is a 24*7 - full time course for 6 months. VA provides residential facility for students undergoing Fab Academy at Pabal.

D-I-Y Lab

VA has started a satellite lab in Pune city called Do-It-Yourself (DI) lab. IT has workplace , fabrication tools, agricultureal setup, biogas, solar systems, electronics, 3D printing.
VA organises regular workshop for school students and Makers from Pune.

D-I- lab also hosts Makers meet in Pune. D-I-Y lab can be used with prior permission. Write for permission to vapabal@gmail.com with subject ‘Using D-I- lab’.

History of Fab Lab @ Vigyan Ashram

Dr.Neil Greshenfeld, (Director, Center of Bits and atoms ,MIT (USA)) who created the Fab Lab, described Vigyan Ashram as ‘Fab Lab – 0’.

VA-Fab lab was established through the interaction between Dr.Kalbag and Dr. Dr.Neil Greshenfeld in 2002. It was started in a small 40 sq.ft room.

VA made slow and steady progress to master the use of Fab Lab to solve rural problems.

Some of the successful projects developed in the Fab labs are as follows :